An observational study in Intestinal Disease, Parasitic and Chronic Disease, sponsored by Nicolaus Copernicus University. Completed at 1 site in Poland. Open to participants aged 3 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-03-26.
Sponsored by Nicolaus Copernicus University · Observational
The goal of the proposed study is to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases in adults and children. These invasions are included to "dirty hand diseases" (per os invasions), therefore it applies mainly preschool children.
It is estimated that 75% of the world's population is infected with parasites and although parasitic diseases are mostly observed in the poor tropical and subtropical countries, there are also many diseases caused by parasites in Poland. In Poland, particular attention is paid to the following parasitic diseases closely related to the digestive system: giardiasis, taeniasis (including cysticercosis), ascariasis, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, echinococcosis.
Symptoms of such invasions may include: allergic rhinitis of unknown origin, chronic fatigue or food intolerance. Moreover, many of them are asymptotic, therefore the study group will consist of both healthy people and individuals with undiagnosed diseases or/and chronic symptoms.
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This study's enrollment of 22 is below the median of 461 across 188 observational studies indexed under Chronic Disease.
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Healthy people and inviduals with undiagnosed diseases or/and chronic symptoms such as: hay fever, skin and food allergies or eg. chronic fatigue.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Both healthy and ailing individuals, both sex, including adults and children.
Diagnostic Test: Tests for diagnosis of intestinal parasitic diseases
Feces testing: 1. fresh fecal samples will be used to preparing direct (saline and iodine wet) mounts using supplementary techniques (flotation, sedimentation), as well as temporary mounts (hematoxylin and trichrome staining). Other technique of fresh fecal samples examination will be ParaSys™ 2. A non-preserved stool samples will be stored below -20°C. Defrosted fecal specimen will be subjected to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) - Giardia antigen test (coproantigens)
Intestinal parasites
The fecal samples will be assessed qualitavely in terms of life forms of parasites present in human intestine, i.e.: eggs and larvas of flukes, tapeworms and nematodes, as well as protozoa trophozoites and cysts.
Time frame: 1 day (single evaluation of current samples)
Giardia antigen test
Stool test for Giardia lamblia antigen (ELISA kit)
Time frame: 1 day (single evalutaion of all samples through study completion)
Plan to share: No
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Ran from Feb 2018 to primary completion in Dec 2019, 22 months.
Of 86 non-industry observational studies under Chronic Disease, half reached primary completion within 35 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 14 and three quarters within 53. This study's 22 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 91 studies reached it within 37 months; a quarter within 14.
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This study is completed, as verified in Mar 2020. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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